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☆ Rwanda bill: UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to East Africa after two years of challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation. In theory, the legislation will see some landing in the UK sent to Rwanda where their asylum claim will be considered. And it makes clear that the UK Parliament is sovereign, giving the government the power to reject interim blocking measures imposed by European courts,” he added. The European court has previously barred it from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. To date, the Rwanda policy has cost the British government £220m ($274m), and that figure could rise to £600m after the first 300 people have been sent to East Africa.

Persons: Rishi Sunak’s, Sunak, ” Refoulement, Bill, James, Rwanda Bill, –, Rishi Sunak, Toby Melville, Nigel Farage – Organizations: CNN, East, of Human, European Convention of Human Rights, Commons, Sunak, University of Oxford, Conservative Party, Reform UK, Labour Party Locations: Rwanda, United Kingdom, France, ”, East Africa

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on Wednesday on whether the government can go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, a decision which could have far-reaching ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Sunak hopes the Rwanda scheme will help stop the flow of migrants across the Channel from Europe in small boats, and so deliver one of his key policy pledges and energise his ailing premiership ahead of an election expected next year. PRESSING NEEDDuring three days of hearings, the judges heard from government lawyers who said there was a "serious and pressing need" for the Rwanda scheme. Rwanda has said it would offer migrants sent from Britain the opportunity to build a new, safe life. They also said asylum seekers faced inhuman or degrading treatment within Rwanda, and their argument has support from the United Nations' refugee agency.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Suella Braverman, Boris Johnson, Robert Reed, James, Michael Holden, Alex Richardson Organizations: Conservative Party, European Convention of Human Rights, East, United Nations, of Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Rwanda, East Africa, Europe, Britain, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan

☆ UK's Sunak to Learn Fate of His Rwanda Migrant Plan This Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

By Michael Holden and Sam TobinLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on Wednesday on whether the government can go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, a decision which could have far-reaching ramifications for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Sunak hopes the Rwanda scheme will help stop the flow of migrants across the Channel from Europe in small boats, and so deliver one of his key policy pledges and energise his ailing premiership ahead of an election expected next year. PRESSING NEEDDuring three days of hearings, the judges heard from government lawyers who said there was a "serious and pressing need" for the Rwanda scheme. Rwanda has said it would offer migrants sent from Britain the opportunity to build a new, safe life. They also said asylum seekers faced inhuman or degrading treatment within Rwanda, and their argument has support from the United Nations' refugee agency.

Persons: Michael Holden, Sam Tobin LONDON, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Suella Braverman, Boris Johnson, Robert Reed, James, Alex Richardson Organizations: Conservative Party, European Convention of Human Rights, East, United Nations, of Human Rights Locations: Rwanda, East Africa, Europe, Britain, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan

☆ UK Top Court Suggests Months Until It Gives Rwanda Migrant Plan Decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Sam Tobin and Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would be a couple of months before it gives its decision on whether the government could go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Raza Husain, a lawyer representing eight asylum seekers, said those sent there were at risk of being returned to their home countries despite having valid asylum claims. He also argued asylum seekers faced inhuman or degrading treatment within Rwanda. The United Nations' refugee agency also intervened in the appeal, with its lawyers reiterating its "unequivocal warning against the transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda". The Rwanda plan, struck by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2022, was designed to deter asylum seekers from making the dangerous journey across the Channel from Europe.

Persons: Sam Tobin, Michael Holden LONDON, Rishi Sunak's, Sunak, Conservative Party languishes, I'm, Robert Reed, Raza Husain, Boris Johnson, Archbishop, Yolande Makolo, Michael Holden, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Lawyers, Conservative Party, European Convention of Human Rights, The United Nations, Rwandan, European Union, Labour, Rights Locations: Rwanda, East Africa, Europe, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan, Britain, Canterbury, Rwandan

☆ In Government Row Over ECHR, UK's Cleverly Says No Need to Leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly knocked back a suggestion by another government minister on Sunday that leaving the European Convention of Human Rights was needed so the country could better tackle illegal immigration. Sunak has ruled out leaving the ECHR, a treaty agreed by almost every nation in Europe after World War Two, saying Britain could curb the arrival of illegal migrants without having to quit. But some in his party, including interior minister Suella Braverman, say the international conventions governing refugees were not fit for purpose, and only served to encourage activist lawyers to block deportations. Cleverly told a fringe event organised by think tank Onward at the Conservative conference, he did not "feel that in order to achieve what we need to achieve, to protect our borders, we are necessitated to leave the ECHR". And I have no doubt that the decisions that we have made are completely within the boundaries of international law.

Persons: James, Rishi, Kemi Badenoch, Sunak, Suella Braverman, Elizabeth Piper, Emelia Sithole Organizations: European Convention of Human, British, Sunday Times, Conservative Locations: MANCHESTER, England, Europe, Britain

☆ EU ready to re-engage with Turkey, but sets conditions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRUSSELS, July 20 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday that the bloc should re-engage with Turkey, but set some conditions and did not endorse Ankara's calls to revive its moribund membership bid. Turkey has been an official candidate to join the EU for 24 years, but accession talks have stalled since 2016 over the bloc's concerns about human rights violations and respect for the rule of law. "We discussed how to re-engage with Turkey," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a press conference after a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in Brussels. "We are convinced there is a reciprocal interest to develop a stronger relationship between Turkey and the European Union." But he noted the EU wanted Turkey to show movement too, especially on the issue of EU member Cyprus, the northern part of which was invaded by Turkey in 1974 and has since been under occupation.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Josep Borrell, Borrell, Jan Strupczewski, Andrew Gray, Paul Simao Organizations: Union, EU, NATO, European Union, European Convention of Human, Reuters, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Turkey, Turkish, EU, Brussels, Cyprus, Nations, Ankara

The contracted use of hotels was envisioned as a temporary measure, but adds strain to the asylum accommodation system. The cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels has increased over the past year, now exceeding £6 million ($7.4 million) a day, the Home Office told CNN in a statement. On Tuesday, the UK Home Office also said Afghans who have been living in temporary UK accommodation for 18 months will be given three months’ notice to move out of so-called bridging hotels. There are currently around 8,000 Afghans living in 59 bridging hotels in the UK, according to the Home Office. But campaigners also warned that the plan could exacerbate the trauma experienced by people displaced by political strife and conflict in Afghanistan.

☆ Council of Europe urges UK lawmakers to stop new migration law
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A RNLI boat, with migrants onboard, is met by Border Force Officers and Police at the harbour in Dungeness, Britain, September 13, 2021. Sunak has said he believes Britain could introduce the new legislation while remaining compliant with the ECHR and international obligations. "It is a tough piece of legislation, the likes of which we've never seen," he told reporters on Monday. "It's important that it's effective, which it will be, but it's also important that we abide by our international obligations. Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan; editing by William JamesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ LME had regulatory obligation to be able to cancel nickel trades in March, filings say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders, brokers and clerks on the trading floor of the open outcry pit at the London Metal Exchange in London, U.K., on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. The London Metal Exchange (LME), battling a combined $472 million lawsuit from U.S. hedge funds Elliott Associates and Jane Street Global Trading, had a regulatory obligation to be able to cancel nickel trades in March, it said in court filings. "All the actions taken on 8 March were lawful and made in the interest of the market as a whole. Elliott Associates and Jane Street declined to comment. But the exchange counters that its rulebook gave it clear and specific power to suspend the market and cancel existing trades.

The watchdog's latest annual report said it had 72 open insider dealing cases as of 31 March 2022, compared to 71 the prior year. It had 88 open insider dealing cases as of March 2020, before the pandemic gripped Britain. Stamping out market abuse such as insider dealing – trading a company's publicly-quoted securities with access to confidential, market-moving information - is a key enforcement area for the FCA. The FCA said the insider dealing arrests and searches disclosed to Reuters related to suspect activity both before and after March 2020, when Britain first imposed COVID-19 lockdowns. The watchdog added they were unrelated to four insider dealing prosecutions it had commenced since March 2020.

☆ UK court says Elliott, Jane Street can sue LME for cancelled nickel trades
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Pratima Desai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A British court has granted permission for U.S.-based hedge fund Elliot Associates and Jane Street Global Trading to sue the London Metal Exchange (LME) for cancelling nickel trades in March, a court document showed. Elliott and Jane Street are demanding damages of $456.4 million and $15.34 million respectively, after the nickel price topped a record $100,000 per tonne on March 8, prompting the LME's suspension of nickel trading and voiding of trades. The nickel trading episode has been the biggest crisis to hit the world's oldest metals forum in decades. "The LME therefore continues to consider that Elliott's and Jane Street's grounds for complaint are without merit, and the LME will defend any judicial review proceedings vigorously." Elliott Associates declined to comment and Jane Street did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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